There have been many write ups on Puppy at various places.
So I do not expect a noticeable increase in Puppy linux use.
As people (not geeks) buying new PCs get lost trying to use the new Windows 8 and 8.1 OS, we may see an influx of people to linux.

But in my opinion, Puppy's boot process being exposed and displayed on the screen rather than being hidden by a progress screen similar to Ubuntu makes Puppy look like a geeks OS.

And in that respect, Puppy needs a rewrite of the boot process so as to hide the blow by blow info from the user with something like a screen with a Puppy logo and progress indicator arriving at the desktop afterward.

Again, for it to happen to Puppy there must be a "future" consensus.
A boot package could be made as a replacement for Puppy`s current setup.
This affords the opportunity for many improvements to Puppy...

Much of Puppy`s uniqueness is in it`s many boot methods.
I`ve seen a number of other O.S.s that use Squash files, many Ubuntu variants.
Most other differences are simply the utilities chosen for that O.S.
Puppy does tend to put things in odd places, hopefully it`ll go Debian setup.

darkcity; Informal is good, I`m all about informal, but it doesn`t mean everyone`s by themselves.

My main thought was all the good ideas and code that`s come and gone from Puppy.
If a few folks ( probably with download sites ) had repositories of donated code.
Most sites are apps., but there`s some Puppy tweaks to be found at some of them also.

There`s several threads about directions and needed fixes. This is definitely top drawer.
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darkcity; Informal is good, I`m all about informal, but it doesn`t mean everyone`s by themselves.
My main thought was all the good ideas and code that`s come and gone from Puppy.
If a few folks ( probably with download sites ) had repositories of donated code.
Most sites are apps., but there`s some Puppy tweaks to be found at some of them also.
There`s several threads about directions and needed fixes. This is definitely top drawer.
.

Capable people like TazOC, iguleder, RSH and jemimah have already forked their projects.
Don't know if there is staff behind them.
Kirk and jamesbond are working together on their project .
Since you are fond of the module art of build , R-S-H would be someone that would fit towards your direction . RSH is/was no easy guy, tended to too high emotions .
I really think that it needs physically meetings, not just the virtual anonymous internet to co-operate on a project .

To me Puppy is a container to install full and frugal and start to compile self .
Not much GUI needed from my side .
I have installed the same full installation in four partitions to replay everything, so the workings probably stick in my brain .

darkcity; You`re right of course. But Debian breaks it into pieces making it manageable.
Folks volunteer to maintain just a small part of the o.s. or a few apps ( specialize ).
This is easily done when the item is familiar and little time is required of the individual.

I see people here that build certain types of apps. Others maintain variants. Colaborate!

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